So I'm supposed to be in DC next week, at the Library of Congress. As usual, I've put off planning until the last second, which, while not commendable, tends to be my m.o., for (rarely) better or (in this case) worse.

I thought Craigslist would make this a cinch, but it's not really coming through; looks like lots of high-price digs and just a few affordable places, the cheapest of which are out in what I assume to be the suburban boondocks.

The stakes are low for me. I wanted to make this a two-week visit; I've got someone loaning me a place the next week, and if things fall through for the coming week, then whatever, I'll just try to work fast and compress things into the one week. But if I can find an affordable place for Sunday the 8th through Saturday the 14th, that would be cool.

3. any other leads or suggestions? my inclination is to put a "housing wanted" post up, see if it draws anything, and if not, then let it slide because I'm busy anyway, but if anyone has any useful ideas, I'll give 'em a shot.

So I'm supposed to be in DC next week, at the Library of Congress. As usual, I've put off planning until the last second, which, while not commendable, tends to be my m.o., for (rarely) better or (in this case) worse.

I thought Craigslist would make this a cinch, but it's not really coming through; looks like lots of high-price digs and just a few affordable places, the cheapest of which are out in what I assume to be the suburban boondocks.

The stakes are low for me. I wanted to make this a two-week visit; I've got someone loaning me a place the next week, and if things fall through for the coming week, then whatever, I'll just try to work fast and compress things into the one week. But if I can find an affordable place for Sunday the 8th through Saturday the 14th, that would be cool.

3. any other leads or suggestions? my inclination is to put a "housing wanted" post up, see if it draws anything, and if not, then let it slide because I'm busy anyway, but if anyone has any useful ideas, I'll give 'em a shot.

one small correction to your FB note: I'm just looking for the one week of 8-14 or 15, I've got a place lined up for the week after that. feel free to send anyone my way on FB, where my contact info should be visible.

You might have a point, but then, all it takes is one hit, so I'm not sure it's hopeless.

Either way, whether or not this week pans out*, I'm fairly sure I'll be there most of the week after the 14th, so if you or anyone else in the area wants to get a drink, just let me know and I'm game.

* and thinking out loud, it would be better in some ways if it didn't, because after Sept 1 I'll essentially have an expense account of sorts whereas this would be out of pocket, but I'll also be more pressed for time, so it cancels out in a way.

You might have a point, but then, all it takes is one hit, so I'm not sure it's hopeless.

Either way, whether or not this week pans out*, I'm fairly sure I'll be there most of the week after the 14th, so if you or anyone else in the area wants to get a drink, just let me know and I'm game.

* and thinking out loud, it would be better in some ways if it didn't, because after Sept 1 I'll essentially have an expense account of sorts whereas this would be out of pocket, but I'll also be more pressed for time, so it cancels out in a way.

so, Columbia Heights it is, in a hilariously shady under-the-table deal off AirBnB involving an elusive French woman passing a key off to a dude at a gym for the apartment of some guy who just got off a bus in Brooklyn. just what I'll need after five hours of sleep and a long day in the archives!

so, Columbia Heights it is, in a hilariously shady under-the-table deal off AirBnB involving an elusive French woman passing a key off to a dude at a gym for the apartment of some guy who just got off a bus in Brooklyn. just what I'll need after five hours of sleep and a long day in the archives!

YESSSSS. What's the address? I can tell you if it's real or fake Columbia Heights.

Mmm yes. Also eat Ethiopian food of course. Whit, you've recently fallen off the vegetarian wagon, right? If so, there are some excellent beef dishes in ethiopian food often made with raw or very rare beef, but if that's too far in the carnivore direction, there are also great vegetarian options.

I think I posted a couple years back about the crazy experience I had the first time I went there. Can't seem to find it though. Suffice to say, that place and the general late-night scene in Adams-Morgan (more from a people-watching/atmospheric angle than anything) were two of the main things that finally sold me on DC. It gets real agreeably trashy in a specific way that I like.

I think I posted a couple years back about the crazy experience I had the first time I went there. Can't seem to find it though. Suffice to say, that place and the general late-night scene in Adams-Morgan (more from a people-watching/atmospheric angle than anything) were two of the main things that finally sold me on DC. It gets real agreeably trashy in a specific way that I like.

The Atlas District late night scene is getting crazy these days in a less horrible puke on the sidewalk way than Adams Morgan. I bike down 18th st to get to work in the mornings and Mondays are a special kind of assault on my olfactory glands.

He more or less fell into living there. I guess the best things you could say about it are 1) easy Metro access and 2) easy access to Georgetown (his brother's a grad student there and he commutes by foot)

He more or less fell into living there. I guess the best things you could say about it are 1) easy Metro access and 2) easy access to Georgetown (his brother's a grad student there and he commutes by foot)